Valve.



B; R. GUIGE.-

VALVE.

' APPLICATION FILED OCT- 1. 1916.

PatentedMar. 6, 1917.

Inventor Witnesses I Attorneys BENGAMEN R. GUICE, OF GRAPELAND, TEXAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 6, 191 '1.

Application filed October 7, 1916.- Serial N0. 124,340.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENGAMEN R. Goren, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grapeland, in the county of Houston and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Valve, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains genere ally to valves, and relates more especially to a novel and improved valve for use in suction or blower conduits for changing the course of the material, such as cotton, cotton seed, shavings, dust and the like, the present device being adapted for use in the blower or suction conduits in cotton ,ginneries, saw mills, and the like. I

It is the object of the invention to provide a valve of the nature indicated having improved details of construction, to enhance the utility and efiiciency thereof, the structure being comparatively simple and inexpensive, as well as being thoroughly practical and efficient.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the 7 details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure l is a median section of the valve structure.

Fig. 2 is a fragmental perspective view illustrating the joint.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental plan view.

The valve is for use between a conduit 1 of square or angular cross'section, and a pair of branch conduits 2 of similar cross section diverging from one another along curved lines, it being the function of the valve to change the course of the material between the conduit 1 and branch conduits 2, and the material can be blown or sucked into or out of the conduit 1 whichever is the case.

The structure includes a pair of side plates between which the terminals of the conduits 2 are secured, and which plates 3 have extensions 4 whose terminals overlap opposite sides of the conduit 1 and are secured thereto by any suitable means, as at 5. The

valve proper, designated 6, is of the same cross section as the conduit 1 and is pivotallymounted adjacent to the end of said conduit, .opposite sides of the valve 6 which bear against the extensions 4 being provided with rounded pivot portions 7, at that end of the valve 6 adjacent to the conduit 1, and said portions 7 are connected by suitable p1vots 8 with the extensions or standards 4. The other sides of the valve 6 have their ends arranged to abut against the ends of the respective sides of the conduit 1, when the valve is swung to its opposite positions, and

those side walls of the conduit 1 which are secured to the extensions 4 have curved recesses 9 for snugly receiving the portions 7 whereby to provide a snug fit of the valve with the conduit 1 to prevent leakage, and to also avoid the accumulation of the material in the joint between the valve and conduit 1. Flaps 10 of suitable resilient or flexiblematerial are secured to the inner surfaces of those side walls of the conduit 1 between those side walls which are secured to the extensions 4, and the flaps 10 overlap the inner surfaces of the respective sidewalls of the valve 6, so as to prevent leakage through the'slots between the valve 6 and conduit 1. The free end of the valve 6 is adapted to register with the end of either branch conduit 2, and transverse stop strips 11 are secured to the edges of the plates 3 for limiting the movement of the valve 6 in either direction when the valve is swung into registration with one of the branch conduits. V

As a convenient means for swinging the valve, the extensions 4 are provided with brackets 12 in which a rock shaft 13 is j ournaled, and said rock shaft has a radial arm 14 connected by a link 15 with the valve 6. Said shaft 13 also has a handle 16 which can be oscillated for oscillating the valve, to change the course of the material'between the conduit 1 and the branch conduits 2 whenever desired. The adjacent ends of the branch conduits 2 are curved to accommodate the swinging movement of the valve 6, the free end of which is also curved about the pivots 8 as centers.

The valve 6 can be made to cocp-erate with any number of branch conduits 2, although only two of them are illustrated, and the device is of considerable utility for changing the course of material in a cotton ginnery, saw mill, and the like.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new 1s:

1. A structure of the character described embodying a conduit, a plurality of branch conduits, spaced side plates between which the branch conduits are secured, said side plates having extensions overlapping and secured to thefirst mentioned conduit, a valve between said extensions, opposite sides of the valve having rounded portions at one end pivoted to said extensions adjacent to the first mentioned conduit, opposite sides of the first mentioned conduit having rounded recesses snugly receiving said portions, the free end of the valve being registrable with the branch conduits, and means for closing the slots between the other sides of the valve and first mentioned conduit.

2. A structure of the characters described embodying a conduit, a plurality of branch conduits, spaced side plates between which the branch conduits are secured, said side plates having extensions overlapping and secured to the first mentioned conduit, a valve between said extensions, opposite sides of the valve having rounded portions at one end pivoted to said extensions adjacent to the first mentioned conduit, opposite sides of the first mentioned conduit having rounded recesses for snugly receiving said portions, the free end of thevalve being registrable V with the branch conduits, cross strips carried BENGAMEN R. anion.

Witnesses:

SAM HOWARD, J r., R. L. PRIDGEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents,

Washington, D. G. 

